Cynthia: Hey, Marcy! Happy World Cat Day.
Marcy: Merci.
Cynthia: I bet you don’t know how to say cat in French.
Marcy rolls her eyes.
Marcy: Chat. Chaton. Minou.
Cynthia: How about in Bulgarian?
Marcy: Kotka.
Cynthia: Arabic?
Marcy: Kitte.
Cynthia: Vietnamese?
Marcy: Meo.
Cynthia: Eskimo?
Marcy: Pussi.
Cynthia: Egyptian?
Marcy: M’iw. Kut.
Cynthia: Japanese?
Marcy: Neko.
Cynthia: Oh and my favorite. Hawaiian?
Marcy: Popoki.
Cynthia: Popoki. I want to say it over and over. Popoki. I know! Let’s get another cat and name him Popoki!
Marcy: Yeah if you want me to popoki out your eyeball.
Marcy raises her Friskies can. Cynthia raises her martini glass.
Marcy and Cynthia: Cheers to the cats and cat lovers all over the world!
Happy World Cat Day!
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*More ways to say “cat” in other languages.
| Albanian | macë | |
| Arabic | kitte | |
| Armenian | katu | |
| Basque | catua | |
| Bulgarian | kotka | |
| Cantonese | Maow | |
| Catalan | gat | |
| Cherokee (Tsalagi) | eesa | |
| Chinese | miu or mau  |
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| Cree | bushi | |
| Czech | kocka | |
| Dutch | kat or poes | |
| Egyptian |  miw |
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| English | cat | |
| Eskimo | pussi | |
| Esperanto | kato | |
| Estonian | kass or kiisu | |
| Ethiopian | domadh | |
| Farsi | gorbe | |
| Filipino | cat or pusa | |
| Finnish | kissa | |
| French | chat | |
| Fula (New Guinea) | gnari | |
| Gaelic | pishyakan / Piscín, cait | |
| German | katti, katze or ket | |
| Greek |  gata, gati |
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| Gujarati (India) | biladi | |
| Gypsy | muca | |
| Hawaiian | popoki | |
| Hebrew | cha’tool | |
| Hindi | billi | |
| Hungarian | cica/macska | |
| Icelandic | kottur | |
| Indian | biladi gujarati | |
| Indonesian | kuching, kutjing | |
| Irish | cat | |
| Italian | gatto | |
| Japanese |  neko |
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| Kannada (Indian) | bekku | |
| Kmer | chma | |
| Korean |  |
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| Latin | cattus or felis | |
| Lithuanian | katinas | |
| Malayalam (Indian) | poocha | |
| Malay/Indonesian | kucing | |
| Maltese | qattus | |
| Mayan | miss, miz | |
| Netherlands | kat (male); poes (female) | |
| New Guinea | gnari fula | |
| Norwegian | katt | |
| Pakistani | shimii | |
| Plains Cree Indians | minoos | |
| Polish | kot or gatto | |
| Portuguese | gato | |
| Pusa | cat | |
| Romanian | pisica | |
| Romansch | giat | |
| Russian | koshka (female); kot (male) | |
| Sanskrit | marjara | |
| Serbo-Croatian | macka | |
| Slovak | mačka; muca | |
| Spanish | gato | |
| Swahili | paka | |
| Swedish | katt | |
| Swiss-German | büsi, chatz | |
| Tamil | poonai | |
| Tatalog (Philipino) | pusa | |
| Thai/Vietnamese | meo | |
| Turkish | kedi | |
| Ukrainian | kitska (female); kit (male) | |
| Vietnamese | mèo | |
| Welsh | cath | |
| Yiddish | kats | |
| Zulu | Ikati |
